>> i think some of the energy of him -- first week have been tough. the fact is that -- everyone who has standards in such areas of swimming upstream in our culture, there's no shame anymore. i think that -- one of my big new axioms of politics if you are a politician caught in a sex scandal and you don't want to resign, you shouldn't resign because within five, six months, it is all going to be forgotten and no one cares. >> on abc they managed to do a story about spitzer without mentioning that he is a democrat but mentioning mark sanford, former governor of south carolina, they did mention he is a republican and got his -- an office back. >> how can you defend that? i don't know. i guess -- i think most people know that eliot spitzer is as a democrat and i don't think the democrats are getting my special treatment. i think anthony weiner has gone through the wringer. . spitzer will go through the wringer. stanford got off easy. i don't know how somehow the democrats are walking away unscathed. >> next, which news channel is america's favorite? givi